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two or more characters says something along the lines of "excuse us" and then fuck off to one side to have a private word whilst leaving a (usually) single character to twiddle their thumbs. Really fucking rude, and not something that happens IRL. They used to do it ALL the time in Friends, and now do in HIMYM.

one character walks to the front of the stage, ignoring all the other characters and announces their intentions to the audience, even though the other characters must be able to hear. Really fucking rude, and not something that happens IRL. They used to do it all the time in Webster, and now do it in Shakespeare.